Linux Administrator Jobs in England

Linux Administrator
UK > England

The median Linux Administrator salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 764 831 970
Rank change year-on-year +67 +139 -225
Permanent jobs requiring a Linux Administrator 73 116 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.086% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.14% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 67 97 128
10th Percentile £41,500 £41,700 £33,375
25th Percentile £43,188 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £75,000 £58,125
90th Percentile £65,000 £173,000 £62,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Linux Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Linux Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Linux Administrator in England

Linux Administrator
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Linux Administrator in England.

Salary trend for Linux Administrator in England

Linux Administrator
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Linux Administrator in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Linux Administrator in England

Linux Administrator
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Linux Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West -7 29 £47,500 -29.63% 4
Midlands +16 12 £50,000 -8.68% 3
London +88 11 £60,000 -14.29% 8
South East +9 11 £55,000 +10.00% 1
East of England +28 9 £50,000 -23.08% 1
East Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
West Midlands +19 4 £54,000 -1.37% 3
North of England +31 1 £45,000 - 5
North West +7 1 £45,000 +16.13% 3
Linux Administrator
UK

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Linux Administrator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Linux Administrator in the job title.

1 73 (100.00%) Linux
2 34 (46.58%) VMware
3 32 (43.84%) Python
4 30 (41.10%) Bash
5 26 (35.62%) CentOS
5 26 (35.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (32.88%) Red Hat
7 22 (30.14%) Unix
8 21 (28.77%) Azure
8 21 (28.77%) Ansible
9 20 (27.40%) AWS
10 19 (26.03%) Git
10 19 (26.03%) DevOps
11 17 (23.29%) Security Cleared
12 16 (21.92%) Puppet
12 16 (21.92%) Windows
13 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (19.18%) SQL
15 13 (17.81%) DV Cleared
16 12 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
17 11 (15.07%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (15.07%) Debian
18 10 (13.70%) ITIL
18 10 (13.70%) Load Balancing
18 10 (13.70%) Time Management
18 10 (13.70%) CoreOS
18 10 (13.70%) Data Centre
18 10 (13.70%) OpenShift
19 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
20 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared

Linux Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.74%) Apache
1 2 (2.74%) Confluence
2 1 (1.37%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) FLEXCUBE
1 1 (1.37%) Misys Opics
Cloud Services
1 21 (28.77%) Azure
2 20 (27.40%) AWS
3 10 (13.70%) OpenShift
4 7 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (5.48%) GCP
6 3 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.11%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (2.74%) IaaS
7 2 (2.74%) PaaS
7 2 (2.74%) SaaS
8 1 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.37%) Route 53
8 1 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.96%) DNS
1 8 (10.96%) VPN
2 7 (9.59%) Firewall
3 5 (6.85%) Internet
4 4 (5.48%) BGP
4 4 (5.48%) SMTP
5 3 (4.11%) TCP/IP
6 2 (2.74%) HTTP
7 1 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (1.37%) Kerberos
7 1 (1.37%) SAN
7 1 (1.37%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.11%) Ingres
3 2 (2.74%) MySQL
4 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.37%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.37%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 19 (26.03%) Git
2 2 (2.74%) GitLab
2 2 (2.74%) Subversion
3 1 (1.37%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.37%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.37%) ClearCase
3 1 (1.37%) ClearQuest
3 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.37%) JIRA
3 1 (1.37%) Redmine
3 1 (1.37%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.37%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.85%) Retail
3 4 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.48%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.74%) Banking
4 2 (2.74%) Finance
5 1 (1.37%) Electronics
5 1 (1.37%) Games
5 1 (1.37%) iGaming
5 1 (1.37%) Marketing
5 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) EDI
2 1 (1.37%) CSS
2 1 (1.37%) LDAP
2 1 (1.37%) PHP-FPM
2 1 (1.37%) REST
2 1 (1.37%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (13.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.74%) Client/Server
3 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.37%) Replication
4 1 (1.37%) Sports Betting
4 1 (1.37%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 73 (100.00%) Linux
2 26 (35.62%) CentOS
2 26 (35.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 22 (30.14%) Unix
4 16 (21.92%) Windows
5 11 (15.07%) Debian
6 10 (13.70%) CoreOS
7 7 (9.59%) SUSE
8 6 (8.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (5.48%) Solaris
10 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
11 2 (2.74%) AIX
11 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (1.37%) OpenBSD
12 1 (1.37%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.03%) DevOps
2 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (13.70%) ITIL
3 10 (13.70%) Load Balancing
3 10 (13.70%) Time Management
4 7 (9.59%) Configuration Management
5 6 (8.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (8.22%) High Availability
6 5 (6.85%) Business Continuity
6 5 (6.85%) Computer Science
6 5 (6.85%) Customer Service
6 5 (6.85%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (6.85%) Problem Management
7 4 (5.48%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (5.48%) Change Management
7 4 (5.48%) Data Protection
7 4 (5.48%) Logistics
7 4 (5.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 4 (5.48%) Task Automation
8 3 (4.11%) IT Strategy
Programming Languages
1 32 (43.84%) Python
2 30 (41.10%) Bash
3 14 (19.18%) SQL
4 7 (9.59%) Shell Script
5 4 (5.48%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.11%) AWK
6 3 (4.11%) PHP
6 3 (4.11%) sed
7 2 (2.74%) Perl
8 1 (1.37%) Korn
8 1 (1.37%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.37%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 17 (23.29%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.81%) DV Cleared
3 8 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.59%) Degree
5 5 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (6.85%) RHCE
5 5 (6.85%) RHCSA
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 12 (16.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.22%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.85%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (5.48%) Docker
4 4 (5.48%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.11%) vSphere
6 1 (1.37%) NFS
6 1 (1.37%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (1.37%) Postfix
6 1 (1.37%) Shibboleth
6 1 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (28.77%) Ansible
2 16 (21.92%) Puppet
3 6 (8.22%) Progress Chef
4 5 (6.85%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (6.85%) Kubernetes
5 3 (4.11%) SCCM
5 3 (4.11%) Terraform
6 2 (2.74%) systemd
7 1 (1.37%) Grafana
7 1 (1.37%) Nessus
7 1 (1.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (46.58%) VMware
2 24 (32.88%) Red Hat
3 3 (4.11%) Juniper
3 3 (4.11%) Veeam
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.37%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.37%) Avaya
5 1 (1.37%) Citrix
5 1 (1.37%) F5
5 1 (1.37%) IBM
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle
5 1 (1.37%) SAP